ART FAIRES FOR 2011

Private appointments are available for life castings. These can be easily scheduled by; emailing Ann, (which Ann checks daily), by calling Ann's cellular phone, 717 460 7631, (also checked daily), or by calling (830) 864 5327, (which is checked less often).

In 2011, MASQUERADE LIFE CASTING will be at the State Street Art Festival in Ann Arbor, MI, July 20st through 23th. She can be found in Booth 545 on Maynard Street, between Liberty and William. Personal castings can easily be scheduled using one of three options listed above.

THE Maryland Renaissance Festival is a 9 week event, just outside of Annapolis in Crownsville, Maryland. She is a Permanent Artist at this venue, and her booth is number 200. In the 2011 show season the Maryland Festival opens August 27th & 28th and runs weekends through October 22nd & 23rd.

Life castings can be made at the Faire during show days. Private appointments are available during the week at this time, and can easily be scheduled using one of three options listed at the top of the page.

ANN'S LAST SCHEDULED SHOW IS at the Armadillo Christmas Bazaar in Austin, Texas. Beginning in 2011 on December 14th, and open daily from 11 AM to 11 PM through December 24th. The show is now held in the Palmer Events Center.

Life castings can be made at the Bazaar during show days. Private appointments are available during the week at this time, and can easily be scheduled using one of three options listed at the top of the page.

WORKSHOPS FOR 2012

FACE CASTING WORKSHOPS are available through The Hill Country Arts Foundation, in Ingram, Tx. 800-459-4223 or 830-367-5120. This class is yet to be scheduled. It is a two day intensive workshop offering insight into the history of life casting as well as the hands-on process. Two plaster gauze castings will be made, three finished works will be created from these castings, one of which will be created in an air drying sculpting medium. Many students of this workshop have gone on to practice life casting professionally.

AND, at Common Ground on the Hill in Westminster MD, 410-857-2771. This is a five day workshop at McDaniel College in the beginning of July. The history of life casting and it's direct impact on the historic record will be reviewed as well as in depth discussions on the "holographic" effect of the student's castings. The hands on process will include two or more separate castings of the face. One by fellow students, the second by Ann. Using these castings the students will create several decorated masks, as well as one in an air drying sculpting medium.

There is no better way to discover the life casting process, and use what you've learned to document your own family's history.

  Ann Lyneah Curtis

is the Artist behind

Masquerade Life Casting